As a passionate advocate for health and nutrition, I write for families who are looking to reclaim their time, enthusiasm and joy when eating meals with their families. When you become a mom/parent, making meals and/or planning meals is not as easy as it is when it is just one or two of you. Now if you add in food sensitivities or allergies, it can totally change everything. Both of my girls have severe food sensitivities and metabolic conditions. It took us 2 ½ years working with many doctors, specialists, nutritionists and more food combinations than I can count to find what would work to help my girls grow and be happy. One of the many skills I learned during this time was to be creative in my cooking to make different combinations of foods taste good and still be sensitive and aware of not including the ingredients that were so detrimental to the girls health. I have now been meal planning and cooking for special diets for over 13 years. I believe that mealtime is a truly special